1. Were it not that my mother is an Adite,
And that I abhor the wrath of Rebab,
١. وَلَولا أَنَّ أُمّي مِن عَدِيٍّ
وَأَنّي كارِهٌ سُخطَ الرَبابِ
2. Verily the catastrophes would come very soon
With disgrace that has no averted punishment.
٢. إِذاً لَأَتى الدَواهي مِن قَريبٍ
بِخِزيٍ غَيرِ مَصروفِ العِقابِ